EV drivers will pay $130 a year under Congress' 2026 transportation bill

Key points

• The 119th Congress might be one of the most dysfunctional and least productive legislative sessions in the 250-year history of the United States, but it seems there’s one thing it can agree on: Electric vehicles don’t cost their owners enough money.
• The Transportation and Infrastructure committee has published its bill to fund surface transportation for the next half-decade, and among the provisions in the “Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act” is an annual fee levied against owners of EVs.
• “I’m extremely proud of the historic level of investment in America’s bridges—at more than $50 billion, it’s the largest such investment in our history.
• And the BUILD America 250 Act ensures that electric vehicle owners begin paying their fair share for the use of our roads,” said committee chairperson Sam Graves (R-Mo.).
• Should the bill pass—and it enjoys support from the Democratic Party, too—you will be required...